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DataCert Lands Maytag, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and Union Pacific Railroad to Close Out Year

Web-based Technology to Eliminate Paper-Based Invoicing and Automate Invoice Workflow Within Corporate Legal Departments

HOUSTON, January 7, 2003 -- DataCert, Inc., a leading provider of legal e-billing and cost management services, announced today that Maytag Corporation, Chevron Phillips Company LP, and Union Pacific Railroad Company have chosen the company's web-based electronic billing products and services for their legal invoice processing. All three multi-billion dollar corporations will use the company's technology to securely send and receive legal invoices with their outside law firms. The implementations are expected to be completed by early spring.

DataCert's ShareDoc/LEGAL^TM service will be deployed at all three corporations to help in-house legal managers more efficiently manage outside legal expenses. The company's web-based automated invoice and workflow tool, AIMS^TM, will be integrated at Union Pacific Railroad to provide on-line review, adjustment and approval of electronic invoices with its outside law firms. The integrated solution at Union Pacific Railroad will monitor and track the performance of law firm activities, analyze and capture invoice data, run reports on monthly expenditures, perform validation tests for invoice accuracy and check compliance with its specific business rules (i.e., a law firm charging .15 cents per photocopy instead of .10 cents per photocopy).

"We chose DataCert because their e-billing and cost management products have the functionality we need to make the leap into the electronic arena," commented Mike Hemmer, VP, Law, Union Pacific Railroad. "Their products will help us manage outside counsel expenses and overhaul our existing invoice process without having to build or maintain an expensive infrastructure."

About ShareDoc/LEGAL

ShareDoc/LEGAL is designed specifically for the legal industry to move sensitive information between a corporate legal department and its outside law firms. ShareDoc/LEGAL translates electronic-billing information from law firm billing systems into a single format a corporate legal department can easily use. Through web-based integration of data, ShareDoc/LEGAL creates total, paperless invoice processing - including invoice submission, approval and upload to data management and financial applications.

About DataCert, Inc.

DataCert, Inc. is the largest and fastest growing supplier of e-billing and cost management solutions for the legal industry. DataCert's products and services provide a substantial return on investment to corporations looking to reduce outside legal spending. Headquartered in Houston, DataCert has over 2,100 customers, 36 of which are Fortune 500 companies. DataCert processes in excess of $1 billion of e-billing data annually. Visit DataCert at www.datacert.com for more information.